Device for lifting wagon-bodies from the running-gear



(NoModeL) W. A. PIPHE DEVICE FOR LIFTING WAGON BODIES FROM THE RUNNING GEAR. No. 356,157. Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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EINITE- TATES XVILLIAM ALLEN PIPH ER, OF J ASONVILLE, INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR LIFTING WAGON-BODIES FROM Til E RUNNING-GEAR.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,157, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed March 9,,1886. Sorial No. 194,624. (Nomodeh) To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM A. Prrrrna, a citizen of the United States, residing at J a sonville, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Lifting \Vagon-B'odics from the Running-Gears, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices forlil'ting the bodies of wagons from the running-gears; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of parts that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective View of an apparatus embodyingniy invention.

A represents a pulley suspended from a fixed elevated point--such as the roof of a wagon-shedand B represents a suitable pulley suspended at a suitable distance from the pulley A. A rope, 0, passes over the pulleys A and B, and one end of the said rope is provided with a hook or bar, D, and the other end thereof has a sling, E, adapted to be secured to the bed of the wagon. A ring, F, is attached to the rope O at a suitable point, and a rope, G, which is attached to a suitable removable pointsuch as the side of the wagon frame or wallis provided with ahook, H adapted to engage the ring F.

I representsachain, having one end attached to the ground or door by a staple, K, and provided at its opposite end with a hook, L.

The wagon is driven under the hoisting apparatus, and the chain I is hooked to one of the standards. The bar or hook D is then passed between and caused to engage with two of the spokes of one of the rear wheels of the wagon, and the sling E,'at the other end of the elevating-rope, is attached to the wagonbed. The wheel is then turned by grasping the. spokes near their outer ends, which causes the elevating-rope O to wind upon the inner end of the hub ofthe wheel, and thus raises the wagon as far as 'the chain I will permit, and continued rotation of the wheel causes the ele vating-rope to raise the body of the wagon from the running-gear thereof, as shown in the accompanying drawing. The hook H is then engaged with the ringF, to support the wagonbody in its elevated position when the bar or hook D is disengaged from the wheel and the elevating-rope released therefrom, and the chain I unhooked from the wagon-standard, when the runninggear may be drawn away divested of the body or bed.

In order to lower the bed to the wagon, the chain I is hooked thereto and the elevatingrope secured to the wheel by the hook or bar D, and the wheel is turned until the elevatingrope tightens, when the hook H is'released from the ring F, and the wheel is then turned in the reverse direction, causing thebody of the wagon to be lowered in the proper place upon the running-gear, as will be very readily understood.

An apparatus thus constructed is of great utility to farmers and teamsters, as it enables the body of the wagon to be raised from the running-gear or placed thereon with a very small expenditure of labor, and without the risk of injury to the wagon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination ofthe hoisting-rope adapted to run over certain pulleys, and connected at one end to the hub of a wagon-wheel, with the detaining-chain or means I attached to the running-gear to prevent it from being raised above a certain point, and the hook or device H, to engage with the hoisting-rope, whereby upon connecting the other end of the hoistingrope to a wagon-bed and rotating the wheel the rope may be wound around the hub and the wagon bed raised, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM ALLEN PIPHER.

Witnesses:

CLARA HIoKs, WINNIE BONHAM. 

